For decades, he tended a SoHo loft filled with dirt, made by the conceptual artist Walter De Maria. People made pilgrimages ...

The Department of Defense led by Sec. Pete Hegseth made a deal with a U.S. mining company to secure the military's needs for ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

FX is teasing "Alien Earth - The Official Podcast," its upcoming podcast to accompany the release of its new series "Alien: ...

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

Shares of the little-known mining company soared on Thursday on news that the Pentagon would become the largest shareholder.

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The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

But with atomic clocks tracking the Earth’s rotational speed so closely that once every year and a half or so, the ...

A diplomatic breakthrough with China is the only short-term fix for easing the shortage of rare-earth magnets, a top ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.